Business

CMS: GCB donates GHS100K to UW Health Directorate

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The management of GCB Bank Limited has approved a donation of GHS100,000 for the fight against cerebrospinal meningitis (CMS) and COVID-19 in the Upper West Region of the country. The amount will be used to improve health infrastructure and other things to the benefit of the people of the Upper Read More

Business

COVID-19: Use MoMo instead of cash – MTN to Ghanaians

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Telecommunication Company MTN Ghana has called on its subscribers and Ghanaians to use MoMo for all kinds of payments to reduce the use of cash during this season of COVID-19. The call was made during the launch of the celebration of Mobile Money month on Friday, 7 August 2020 in Accra. The celebration of the […]Read More

Business

AfDB holds virtual meetings 25 to 27 August; election of president key on agenda

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will hold its 2020 Annual Meetings virtually, from 25 to 27 August 2020. These will comprise statutory meetings of the Board of Governors. According to the bank, a major item on the agenda of this year’s annual meetings will be the election of a president. Meanwhile, the Board of […]Read More

Business

Kelni GVG deal has saved Ghana $66m – Ursula

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Minister of Communication, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that Ghana has saved US$1.1 million monthly since the introduction of the Kelni GVG Common Platform. She explained that, over the five-year contract period, “a total savings of US$66 million” would have accrued. Kelni GVG was a government contract worth US$89 million in 2017, to develop and supervise Read More

Entertainment

Osofo Dadzie is dead

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Veteran Ghanaian actor and producer, Osofo Dadzie, has died. The actor, whose real name is Frimpong Manso, was the leader of drama group Osofo Dadzie. The TV drama group was very popular in the 1980s He died on Monday, 10 August 2020. He was 89. Source: classfmonline.com Comments: This article has 0 comment(s), give your comment […]Read More

Entertainment Photos

Ghana’s Atto Tetteh, Selina Beb registered on Beyonce’s Black Parade

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Ghanaian business persons Attoh Tetteh and Selina Beb have had their businesses listed on American songstress Beyoncé’s ‘Black Parade’ directory on beyonce.com. Beyonce’s Black Parade directory is geared towards supporting black-owned business worldwide. It was created by the singer’s stylist, Zerina Akers. Atto Tetteh and Selina Beb both deal in fashion. Read More

Entertainment

Not even rape allegations can hurt Shatta Wale’s brand – Bulldog

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Artiste manager, Bulldog, known in real life as Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, has stated categorically that the Shatta Wale brand is well-positioned to withstand any setbacks that have the tendency of destroying it. Bulldog indicated on TV3’s ‘Simply Showbiz’ show with Miriam Osei Agyemang that not even “a rape allegation” can bring the ‘Gringo’ hitmaker down […]Read More

Entertainment

Medikal drops “Odo” ft King Promise to eulogise wife Fella Makafui

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Ghanaian Hip hop artiste Samuel Adu Frimpong, known in showbiz circles as Medikal has eulogised his wife, actress Fella Makafui in a new song titled ‘Odo.’ The song which features afrobeats and highlife singer, King Promise is produced by MOG. The ‘Omo Ada’ hit maker and Fella got married in March 2020. The actress was rumoured […]Read More

Politics

Partner gov’ts to accelerate Ghana’s dev’t – Opoku-Agyemang to traditional rulers

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Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama, flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections, has appealed to chiefs and queen mothers as well as all other traditional authorities to support and partner with governments for Ghana’s accelerated development. According to Professor Read More

Politics Video

EC’s 3m bloated voter roll comment vindicates us – NPP

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The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said its persistent call for a new voter register has been vindicated by the Electoral Commission’s recent assertion that the voter roll would have been bloated by three million people had it not compiled a new register. At a press conference on Monday, 10 August 2020, the General […]Read More

Opinion

Beware of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

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Last week, many people I came into contact with told me the coronavirus isn’t real. My mechanic, a guest at the office and a few more professed how they could never get the coronavirus. I even had meetings where some people just refused to wear a mask, or took it off once they entered. I […]Read More

Regional

GES gives ‘WASSCE gang of 14’ second chance

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As directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has engaged the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Monday, 10 August 2020, to review the sanctions imposed on some final-year students who misconducted themselves after sitting their Integrated Science paper on Monday, 3 August 2020 in […]Read More

Lifestyle Opinion

How To Indulge Your Wanderlust At Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic

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The Coronavirus pandemic has chained people across the globe to their homes. And, those who are stepping out are doing so for official work or to cater to an emergency. Nobody has left their houses for entertainment, travel, or fun. Everyone’s travel plans are on indefinite hold. But that doesn’t mean you can’t satisfy your […]Read More

Lifestyle

7 Surprising Reasons to Use Cannabis for Your Fitness Journey

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You probably think of smoking weed as an indulgence, one that lives in a separate compartment from the obligation of exercise. However, as more people integrate cannabis use into their daily lives, it is only natural for it to be a part of their fitness routine. If you find that you need extra motivation to […]Read More

Business

Govt moves to avert Ghana-Nigeria Trade show down

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The inter-agency Taskforce on foreign retail trade set up by Government to enforce compliance of trade regulations on foreigners engaged in retail business in the country will commence its operations today. Consequently, all foreign retail shops closed by Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for flouting Section 27 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) […]Read More

Sport

Current Kotoko structure dysfunctional in the 21st century – Kojo Addae-Mensah

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DataBank Group Chief Executive Officer, Kojo Addae-Mensah has thrown his weight behind newly appointed Kotoko CEO, Nana Yaw Amponsah but says the young, dynamic administrator may struggle to win international laurels for the Porcupine Warriors because he will be working under a dysfunctional structure. According to Addea- Mensah who has played various roles in the […]Read More

Sport

Asante Kotoko to register 1 million supporters – Nana Yaw Amponsah

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Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah has set his sights on registering one million supporters before his three-year mandate expires. According to him, it is his target to have the right data of supporters to generate money for the Africa Club of the Century. He has therefore promised to build the […]Read More

Sport

Former Black Stars player, now drug addict receives support

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A section of Ghanaians have donated sums of money to SVTV Africa Foundation, in support of Richard Anderson, the former Black Stars and Accra Hearts of Oak player, now a drug addict. Richard Anderson, in a previous interview on SVTV Africa, narrated how as a player, his Nigerian fellow influenced him into drugs. Anderson who had also played for […]Read More

Sport

Italian clubs on the hunt for Ghana’s Afriyie Acquah

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Black Stars midfielder, Afriyie Acquah is being chased by a number of Italian Serie A clubs according to reports in the Turkish media. Acquah, 28, joined the Turkish Super Lig outfit as a free agent after his contract with Empoli came to an end in June 2019. The dynamic midfielder established himself as a key figure for the […]Read More

Sport

Football family shows up at late Opoku Afriyie’s one-week memorial

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The football industry was heavily represented at the one-week memorial ceremony of the late Opoku Afriyie, a former striker of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The ceremony took place on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at his residence at Kotei, a suburb of Kumasi. President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, […]Read More

Sport

Kotoko CEO to engage board on transfer ban

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New Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah says he will engage the Board of Directors of the Club to plead with its Patron, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, if there is an urgent need to bring on board new players. The Porcupine Warriors are currently serving a year ban from recruiting new players after […]Read More

General

Akufo-Addo’s directive to GES to allow dismissed students write WASSCE good – Educationist

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Educationist and psychologist Mr. Samuel Richard Ziggah says the directive by President Akufo-Addo to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow the dismissed 14 students write their exams is a step in the right direction. GES last week issued a statement dismissing 14 students following recent acts of indiscipline and vandalism recorded in the ongoing […]Read More

General Politics

We will fight to remove underage students from voters register – Muntaka

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MP for Asawase and Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has accused Ghana’s electoral body, the EC of doing the incumbent government’s bidding by registering underage individuals in the electoral roll. Mr Muntaka noted that the National Democratic Congress had in their possession evidence which suggests that the Electoral Commission registered students who had Read More

General

Asiedu Nketia’s properties are all in Cote d’Ivoire and Canada – Owusu Bempah

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The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has been dared to provide evidence that he is a Ghanaian. Director of Communications for Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah says if he is able to do so he will resign from politics. This was after an allegation that the NDC scribe […]Read More

General Politics

Suspicion of Togolese on Ghana’s electoral roll apocryphal and fantasy – Bright Simmons

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The suggestion that there is something suspicious going on in the strongholds of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in terms of the registration for Voters’ Identification Cards is completely apocryphal and high fantasy, Bright Simmons has said. “There is no evidence whatsoever that there is something peculiar about the situation in the Volta Region”, […]Read More

General Politics

Mahama’s Free SHS promise a ‘comic relief’ – Nana B

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The National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye a.k.a Nana B has asked Ghanaians to disregard former President John Mahama’s statement that he has no intention to cancel he free Senior High School (SHS) policy of the Akufo-Addo government. In a statement copied to Peacefmonline.com, Nana B said “Ghanaians should […]Read More

General

NPP MP accused of turning Dormaa West into warzone; one killed

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP), Member of Parliament for Dormaa West Constituency, has been connected to a violent incident in the Constituency, which has led to the burning of a pickup vehicle meant for COVID-19 operations, a motorbike and the death of one of his supporters, Kofi Labet. Heavily-armed supporters of Ali Maiga Halidu, are reported to have engaged in sporadic Read More

General

Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama

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The flagbearer for the opposition NDC, John Dramani Mahama says contrary to opinions that he will scrap the Free Senior High School policy introduced by the governing NPP when voted into power “free Senior High School education has come to stay”. Clarifying his stance, the former President said he is not against the policy but […]Read More

General Video

Playback: Newsfile discusses WASSCE malpractices, end of Voter Registration

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Today on Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini and his guests discussed the good and bad of the voters’ registration exercise. The discussion also centred around the violence that occurred during the week when students at the various senior high schools began writing the WASSCE. Meanwhile, Covid-19 is still in the system and affecting the livelihoods […]Read More

Sport

Juventus appoint Pirlo as new manager

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Former Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo will replace Maurizio Sarri as Juventus manager. Sarri was sacked on Saturday after Juventus went out of the Champions League to Lyon on Friday night. The former Chelsea boss was expected to be relieved of his position after a disappointing season, despite winning the Serie A title. There had been speculation that […]Read More